Parallel/distributed generator

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On May 23, 11:00 am, George Sakkis <george.sak... at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for any existing packages or ideas on how to implement the
> equivalent of a generator (in the Python sense, i.e.http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0255/) in a parallel/distributed
> way. As a use case, imagine a function that generates a range of
> primes. I'd like to be able to do something along the following lines:
>
> def iterprimes(start=1, end=None):
>    # ...
>    yield prime
>
> # rpc-related initialization
> ...
> rpc_proxy = some_rpc_lib(iterprimes, start=1e6, end=1e12)
> for prime in proxy:
>     print prime
>
> Is there any module out there that does anything close to this ?
>
> George

Parellel Python?

http://www.parallelpython.com/content/view/17/31/#SUM_PRIMES

I've never used it, but looks like it does what you are looking for.

~Sean